Chapter 295: Big News at Capital University
Seeing Secretary Yang exit the room, Su He finally spoke into the receiver, “Hello, how do you do? This is Su He!”
A hesitant, stammering voice traveled from the receiver, “Su He… it’s—it’s me.”
Su He’s voice instantly became sweet and affectionate. “Cousin Xiaoling! It’s actually you! Ever since we parted in the capital, I’ve missed you to death!”
Luo Xiaoling: …You want me dead!
“Su He, Qi Yuansheng’s dad’s situation and the rumors about Shen Ruyi—you did all of it, didn’t you?”
Su He asked in utter astonishment, “What do you mean? What happened to Qi Yuansheng’s dad? And what’s this about rumors concerning Shen Ruyi?”
Luo Xiaoling: “…Stop acting. I know it was definitely your doing!”
Luo Xiaoling had called home yesterday, and her father, Luo Dongchuan, casually mentioned Qi Dazhi’s situation. After speaking, he lamented:
“Old Qi was truly blinded by his own grease. I mean, you’ve only just been transferred to the machinery department and your heels haven’t even stood firm yet, yet you go messing with some merger. Talk about looking for your own bad luck!”
Luo Xiaoling’s very first reaction at the time was: Su He did it! It was definitely her doing!
As for how a young girl with neither power nor background like Su He managed it, that lay outside her scope of consideration.
She trusted her intuition.
She told her father exceptionally gravely, “Dad, you and Mom shouldn’t walk too close to the Shen family in the future, otherwise you’re bound to run into bad luck.”
Luo Dongchuan froze first, then said displeasedly, “Xiaoling, what kind of words are those?! Your Uncle Shen and Aunt Song treat you quite well usually, and you and Ruyi are still good friends…”
“Dad, do you feel Shen Ruyi views me as a friend?
“No, she uses me like a servant girl!
“She doesn’t even view me as a human being!
“As for Uncle Shen and Aunt Song—if nothing else, even if Su He lacks blood relation with them, she still lived by their side for eighteen years.
“Even a small cat or dog would have developed some affection, right?
“Yet, what did they do?
“They sent her straight back to her old hometown and severed all contact. Do you expect a family like that to treat outsiders well?”
Luo Dongchuan didn’t think much of it. “That’s their family business; maybe there’s some hidden secret. Alright, you don’t need to manage the household affairs, just study hard!”
Luo Xiaoling grew anxious!
“Dad, do you feel Uncle Qi would attempt to swallow up the An County Machinery Factory for no rhyme or reason? It definitely has a connection with the Shen family! I don’t know the specific reasons, I only know one absolute fact: if you get involved with the Shen family, you will bound to run into catastrophic bad luck!”
“Pure nonsense! I think you’ve gone mental going to college!”
Luo Dongchuan hung up the phone directly in his rage.
Luo Xiaoling felt both furious and aggrieved, the rims of her eyes turning red.
She finally adjusted her emotions with great difficulty and returned to the dormitory, only to see her roommate, Zhao Hong, run in with a face full of gossip.
“Xiaoling, Xiaoling! A massive piece of news just broke over at Capital University!”
Luo Xiaoling forced up her spirits to ask, “What massive news?”
“A female freshman in the Electronic Engineering department at Capital University is stepping on eight different boats at once—she’s practically a spider!
“I heard that during these past few days, there are phone calls looking for her every single day, and they all claim to be her partner.
“Tsk-tsk, she truly isn’t picky at all—from laborers to farmers, from thirty-somethings to twenty-somethings, she has every single type!
“I also heard that she accepted someone’s bridal dowry but then ran off to Capital University for college. Isn’t that just a swindler?!
“Now it’s not just spreading all over Capital University; it’s even traveled to our school!
“Tsk-tsk, I reckon that female freshman won’t be able to stay at Capital University much longer…”
Hearing “Electronic Engineering department,” Luo Xiaoling felt a premonition within her heart for some unknown reason, her voice trembling slightly. “What is that female freshman’s name?”
“It seems to be called Ruyi something… right, Shen Ruyi!”
Luo Xiaoling collapsed straight onto her chair.
Before she could ask about the details, the dormitory door was knocked.
Zhao Hong ran over to open the door, and a tall girl entered—it was precisely Wang Ru, the deputy president of the drama club.
“Xiaoling, come with me, I need to ask you a few things.”
Luo Xiaoling’s mind was buzzing, but it was also difficult to refuse, so she followed Wang Ru to her dormitory.
The moment she stepped into the room, she received a fright because there were several people inside, all of whom were prominent figures within various clubs.
“Xiaoling, I heard you and that Shen Ruyi from Capital University are good friends?”
Luo Xiaoling’s heart gave a violent thump. Could it be that because Shen Ruyi’s reputation is thoroughly ruined now, they want to implicate me as well?
That shouldn’t be the case, right?
That’s not in vogue anymore nowadays!
However, it was also difficult for her to deny it, so she could only say somewhat stutteringly, “Our relationship used to be quite good.”
Wang Ru curled her lip. “It seems what Xiao He said in her letter was genuine; you truly are a literal-minded, honest person, actually treating that Shen Ruyi as a friend!”
Luo Xiaoling was thoroughly dazed. Xiao He?
That freak Su He wrote a letter to these people?
What did she say?
“You should have heard about that wretched business of Shen Ruyi’s, right?
“With that kind of virtue, she’s actually worthy of being called the number one talented woman of Beiliao Province? She even looked down upon our Capital University? Truly laughable…”
Luo Xiaoling: …What on earth does any of this have to do with anything?
Wang Ru disparaged Shen Ruyi for a wave before finally stating, “Xiaoling, we called you over for no other reason except that Su He asked us to keep an eye on you for her, lest you be hoodwinked by Shen Ruyi.
“Now that her reputation is this terrible, you shouldn’t have any associations with her anymore. If she comes to find you, we’ll help block her back for you.”
The other few girls also chimed in one after another: “Yeah, Xiaoling, we people of Capital University must cherish our feathers. We must never associate with someone who has moral issues like Shen Ruyi.”
“You should just listen to your cousin, you can’t go wrong. Although Xiao He is younger than you, she reads people much more accurately than you do. Before this wretched business even broke out on Shen Ruyi’s end, Xiao He already mentioned her in her letter.”
“Xiaoling, you should just rejoice that you have an excellent cousin like Su He! Otherwise, you’d be helping someone count the cash after being sold out by Shen Ruyi.”
…
Luo Xiaoling: “…”
Have you all been put under a spell by Su He?!
I mean, seriously, you only met Su He a single time, yet you obey her words blindly?
Immediately following that, she shuddered.
Shen Ruyi’s business couldn’t also be the work of that freak Su He, could it?!
She—she can make Shen Ruyi suffer such a catastrophic loss from all the way back in An County?
She simply isn’t human!
Luo Xiaoling tossed and turned all night, unable to sleep. When she finally fell asleep with great difficulty, she even had a nightmare—dreaming that her father got tangled up inextricably with the Shen family and was dug into a pit by Su He!
Not only was his post stripped to the absolute bottom, but he was also sent straight behind bars!
Luo Xiaoling broke into a cold sweat from the fright, and after hesitating for an entire morning, she still placed this call to Su He.
Su He naturally had no inkling of any of this, but it didn’t delay her performance in the slightest.
She said helplessly, “Xiaoling, I genuinely can’t understand these words you’re spouting. Quick, tell me what happened to Qi Yuansheng’s dad and Shen Ruyi?”
Luo Xiaoling: “…Su He, is it interesting for you to act like this?!
“Fine, it doesn’t matter if you don’t admit it, I know it was your doing anyway.
“I called you because—because I want you to help me think of a way to make my parents distance themselves from the Shen family a bit. I don’t want them walking too close to the Shen family.”
Su He blinked her large eyes. “Xiaoling, how about I talk to Uncle Luo face-to-face?”
Luo Xiaoling: “…No way!”
I definitely don’t want to invite a wolf into the house!
